Quantcast
Channel: Art History News
Browsing all 2851 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Associated American Artists Art by Subscription: Benton, Marsh, Curry, Wood

In March of 1933, many of the banks in America were closed. The country was gripped by an economic depression and the emotional climate of the American people was also at an all time low. Art dealer...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London,

The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) presents Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London, featuring about 50 masterpieces from this magnificent painting collection, many of which...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde

The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde Premiered in San Francisco and Traveled to Paris and New York in 2011–2012Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Gertrude Stein, 1906; Collection...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Paul Strand: The Mexican Portfolio

Paul Strand was an ardent proponent of photogravure, a laborious form of printing from etched metal plates. He chose the process for his seminal 1940 portfolio Photographs of Mexico and, twenty-seven...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Ansel Adams: Masterworks

Berkshire Museum presents the special photography exhibition Ansel Adams: Masterworks from February 9 to June 2, 2013. An opening reception will be held Saturday, February 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. The...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

FRENCH TWIST: MASTERWORKS OF PHOTOGRAPHY FROM ATGET TO MAN RAY

June 29, 2013 – September 15, 2013 Delaware Art Museum2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19806302.571.9590 | 866.232.3714 (Toll free) This groundbreaking exhibition features 90 rare vintage...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White

A special exhibition that explored the evolution of documentary images through the work of three of the foremost photographers of the 20th century was on view at the Art Institute of Chicago from...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design

Note: This is the same exhibition held at the Tate and covered here with many beautiful images that won't be repeated here.Combining rebellion, scientific precision, beauty, and imagination, the...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso

The exhibition Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris, appeared at the de Young Museum in San Francisco June 11 through October 9, 2011. This exhibition of 150 important...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Rembrandt's Century

Rembrandt’s Century examines a wide range of artworks from the 17th-century. Complementing the upcoming Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis, this exhibition sheds further...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Painting the People: Images of American Life

The grittier side of life was on display in the exhibit Painting the People: Images of American Life from the Maimon Collection, July 11 through October 18, 2009 at the James A. Michener Art Museum....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina

Albrecht Dürer, Praying Hands, 1508brush and gray wash heightened with white on blue prepared paperAlbertina, ViennaAlbrecht Dürer (1471–1528) is widely considered the greatest German artist. From...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The New Spirit: American Art in the Armory Show, 1913

The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) celebrates the centennial of the famous and controversial 1913 Armory Show with a major exhibition that opens exactly 100 years to the day from the original. The New...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

WORKS ON PAPER BY ARTISTS WHO EXHIBITED IN THE 1913 “INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION...

Although best known for introducing European avant-garde painting and sculpture to the American public, the direct influence of “The Armory Show” exhibition on American artists was varied. Some artists...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston

The American photographer William Eggleston (born 1939) emerged in the early 1960s as a pioneer of modern color photography. Now, 50 years later, he is arguably its greatest exemplar. At War with the...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The depiction of shadows from the Renaissance to the present day

ShadowsFrom 10 February to 17 May 2009 at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, MadridThe aim of this exhibition was to offer a broad overview of the concepts, issues and solutions involved in the depiction of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Camera Work: Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand, and Company

The Middlebury College Museum of Art presented “Camera Work: Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand, and Company”September 4—October 28, 2012, an exhibition highlighting three luminaries of American photography:...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Matisse: 1917-1941

From 9 June to 20 September 2009 the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza presented the exhibition Matisse: 1917-1941, comprising a survey of the artist’s work during the central period of his career. 74...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Angel of the Odd Dark Romanticism From Goya to Max Ernst

Carlos Schwabe (1866-1926), La Mort et le fossoyeur Watercolor, gouache, graphite, 76 x 56 cm Paris, musée d’Orsay, RF 40162After opening at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, the exhibition The...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Sleeping Beauty. Victorian Painting from de Museo de Arte de Ponce

Flaming June, Lord Leighton. Museo de Arte de Ponce.For the first time in Spain the Museo del Prado presented a selection of 19th-century English paintings from the Museo de Arte de Ponce. Entitled The...

View Article
Browsing all 2851 articles
Browse latest View live